Quebec CFO letter regarding the SKS

Beware boys 'n girls, the liberals are gaining a big foothold down here in Newfoundland, and I fear come next federal election, we will all be back in the red again, if you get my drift. Look after things accordingly and for gawds sake, keep yer powder dry. :cheers:
 
Long gun registry in Quebec (although defunct in the ROC) still being used to target law abiding gun owners with the threat of confiscation because the rifle they've owned for years is now suddenly too dangerous for them to own. Imagine that.

Nothing to see here folks. Move along, move along.
 
I am currently standby, I am sure there will be some specifics on this soon.
Worst case scenario would be not giving any news back, and if they want some THEY will call you, that is my plan for the moment.
The front page let's believe that a self-inspection is good, but in the inspection form, they let believe that it must be inspected by a verifier and results transmitted to CFO.
Both pages contradict, so for me it's a waiting game.
 
MartyK2500 said:
I am currently standby, I am sure there will be some specifics on this soon.
Worst case scenario would be not giving any news back, and if they want some THEY will call you, that is my plan for the moment.
The front page let's believe that a self-inspection is good, but in the inspection form, they let believe that it must be inspected by a verifier and results transmitted to CFO.
Both pages contradict, so for me it's a waiting game.
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mail it to me, i will scrible a name on it and mail it back HAHA.
 
Lol we'll see where this brings us, I hate to see the registry debate on this at the moment.
I have my reasons why this one is registered, it can only be spoken of while drinking beer,
But let's be real, even if someone from anywhere but Quebec has one and they would swing the prohib hammer at it, yeah sure they don't know you own a prohib and can't take it, but would you risk shooting a prohib? Kinda reminds me of the Swiss arms/CZ858 fiasco not so long ago, I might be strechting it though, this may be only a friendly reminder to check if ours SKSs are safe
 
MartyK2500 said:
Lol we'll see where this brings us, I hate to see the registry debate on this at the moment.
I have my reasons why this one is registered, it can only be spoken of while drinking beer,
But let's be real, even if someone from anywhere but Quebec has one and they would swing the prohib hammer at it, yeah sure they don't know you own a prohib and can't take it, but would you risk shooting a prohib? Kinda reminds me of the Swiss arms/CZ858 fiasco not so long ago, I might be strechting it though, this may be only a friendly reminder to check if ours SKSs are safe
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the funny part about the SKS, there are so many things that can be done to it, a few buddies and i were shooting at the farm one saturday. there were 4 sks' there, mine was the only stock one, the rest barely even looked like a skses (is skses an acceptable term........ ). Save for a bunch of gun nutz, joe blow anyone else wouldnt even know some people were even shooting an sks.
 
cainesy said:
Beware boys 'n girls, the liberals are gaining a big foothold down here in Newfoundland, and I fear come next federal election, we will all be back in the red again, if you get my drift. Look after things accordingly and for gawds sake, keep yer powder dry. :cheers:
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I can echo that statement. Certainly isn't looking good down home on that front.
 
The letter explains that the lab tested it and it sounds like they ruled out grease / dirt to be the cause and found mechanical differences between the trigger mechanisms. Could Igor have consumed too much vodka the night before his factory shift and made a mistake in the manufacturing of that specific SKS? Or was there a batch that were specifically made FA?
 
I got a link to the inspection *.pdf through a vendor in Ontario. http://www. rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/bulletins/bus-ent/20141114-89-eng.htm This is specific to Russian SKS' made in Tula or Izhevsk made after 1951 with a supposedly 'simplified' trigger group. From their article, "the CFP also examined 20 other samples of the same non-restricted Russian SKS carbine and found that they operated in a semi-automatic fashion only." There are noticeable differences between the run of the mill trigger group and the one in question. As far as I can read, there is no requirement to self-report or check back perfectly safe firearms; just to be aware to not be in illegal possession of a full-auto firearm. (Nothing different than for a long long time already.)
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
I got a link to the inspection *.pdf through a vendor in Ontario. http://www. rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/bulletins/bus-ent/20141114-89-eng.htm This is specific to Russian SKS' made in Tula or Izhevsk made after 1951 with a supposedly 'simplified' trigger group. From their article, "the CFP also examined 20 other samples of the same non-restricted Russian SKS carbine and found that they operated in a semi-automatic fashion only." There are noticeable differences between the run of the mill trigger group and the one in question. As far as I can read, there is no requirement to self-report or check back perfectly safe firearms; just to be aware to not be in illegal possession of a full-auto firearm. (Nothing different than for a long long time already.)
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That link was available on the first page. Apparently not many bothered to read it. I understand the fear and suspicion in the community regarding reclassification but some of us need to look a little deeper before we start worrying about the sky coming down on you. We keep complaining about the grabbers throwing around disinformation, we should try not to do it ourselves. They kinda threw us a bone by saying that they looked at 20 other guns and found no problems. IF this type of trigger mechanism is prone to this type of failure, then I welcome that information. But as it is an obvious difference, they have "less" reason to reclassify the entire platform. I agree that we as a community should continue buying them, but now that we know what to look for, you might want to avoid this particular vintage.
 
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